IT wasn't exactly the flying start I was hoping for - a five-and- a-half-hour delay at Gatwick airport.
Styles and TypesGlass of beer..............pounds 1There are restaurants and bars galore along the front, from seafood and traditional Spanish to true Brit boozers. We settled on a pizzeria for lunch, where two dustbin lid-sized pizzas, drinks (beer for me, juice for Polly) and an ice-cream to finish cost around pounds 15.Writing isn�t easy. Even people who do it for a living say so. Tasked to write something, most people end up spending hours staring into a blank page, unable to type even a single intelligible word.Soft drink.....................65pConcealed TankThe first form of argument writing shows both sides of a single issue, letting the facts speak for itself with regards to how people should feel about it. These pieces can be deceptive since it is easy to dwell on one aspect while selectively presenting the other. Still, if your aim is to argue successfully, this type of writing can get your opinion heard while presenting a more complete argument for your cause.So I resorted to bribery. Yes she could have a go on the bidet. "No, it isn't for washing your feet." But only on the condition that afterwards it was pyjamas on - and bed.We could have paid more - gambas al pil-pil (prawns in fiery garlic and chilli sauce), boccarones (anchovies in olive oil), followed by grilled fresh fish around pounds 20 per person. I treated myself to this on the final day.WHAT'S THE DEAL?Trying to persuade a youngster it's time for bed is never easy, as most parents know, especially when they are wide awake.Showing Two Sides Of An Issue* Intro BidetsSEA LIFE (pounds 6.40 for adults, pounds 5.30 for kids). A brilliant way to entertain the kids for an hour or so, especially if it's a rare day when the sun isn't shining. Feed the giant rays, find the real Nemo and his friends and be frightened by the sharks that swim over your head.The walk from our hotel to the centre of Benalmadena Costa, with its upmarket marina packed with yachts and cruisers, took about 30 minutes. It was early in the season and the beach - unlike so many on the Costas - wasn't packed.But little luxuries like this don't last long with a child in tow.These are the two ways by which the toilet flushes. Standard gravity-fed toilets use the weight of the water to force everything from the tank into the bowl and through the S-shaped trapway, where a siphoning action finishes the flush. The first pressure-assisted [flush] toilet was intoduced in the U.S. in 1984 by Mansfeld. Crane followed shortly thereafter and by 1986, virtually every North American manufacturer offered at least one PA model. In 1992 the government passed a law that restricted toilets to no more than 1.6 gallons per flush, as opposed to the old 3.5 gallons. These systems use trapped air to initiate the flushing mechanism.The word bidet (pronounced: bee day) is French for pony, a reference to sitting astride as if on a saddle. It is not a bathtub, shower stall or different kind of toilet (though it is placed next to the toilet) - it is hands-free, sit-down water washing unit or basin that used in place of wiping with toilet paper. Most Americans have never seen a bidet, unless they frequent upscale hotels in the U.S. and/or Europe. European's consider the bidet to be an essential part of their bathroom, in fact, no well equipped home is without one. Bidets are offered in a host of styles, from the traditional to the contemporary and usually match the toilet.TELEFERICO (pounds 7 adults, pounds 5 kids). A fabulous cable car ride to the top of the mountain overlooking Benalmadena and its neighbours, Torremolinos and Fuengirola. Great views from the cars, which take up to four people. Even better ones from the top, if like me you prefer to keep your eyes shut. Once at the top (the ride takes about 15 minutes) there are some amazing walks, plus birds of prey, a Spanish horse show and donkey rides for kids."How about the beach?""Real cool," said Polly. "Oh, hell," I thought. "We've come all this way (well a two-and-a half-hour flight) to find some sun and I'm going to spend the next seven days trapped inside a stifling building."Average cost of a: Three-course meal....pounds 8.50MARBELLA Around an hour away by bus is upmarket Marbella. Experience the old town with its beautiful Orange Square, or sit on a beach front bar (Palms is my favourite - and my daughter says they do the best banana splits in the world) and watch the beautiful people."How about an ice cream?"Despite my best efforts to get up in time for breakfast the next day, we just missed it.MaterialsTHINGS TO DO IN BENALMADENAThe first thing you need is a clear focus for your written piece. If you�re writing about the health benefits of a bidet, for instance, it doesn�t help to turn your attention to product installation or details of its construction. Keep your head on the subject and start writing with only that in mind.If you find your head a mess of ideas, creating an outline for the piece you�ll be writing will greatly help in completing it. Think about someone presenting the ideas to you and imagine how you would like it to be structured.For the bidet example, you may want a short introduction about bidets, leading into their various health benefits and concluding with an emphatic argument about how they may improve one�s life. You can outline this as such:We could have eaten for less along the promenade - all-day English breakfast with "sausages and bacon from home" and Heinz beans, plus toast, marmalade, mug of tea and orange juice for under a fiver (which I tried one day, and yes it was delicious).If you�re the same way, you can take solace in the fact that writing does get easier over time. If you develop the right habits that make it less of an exercise in shotgun hunting and into a disciplined activity of organized presentation, you can learn to organize your ideas and write them in a way that makes people take notice."Come on, Dad," said Polly as I struggled into my swim shorts and sucked in my stomach. "Hurry up."* Intro Health BenefitsI was shattered but my six-year -old daughter Polly had found a second wind...and discovered the bidet in the bathroom.Most toilets have separate tanks and bowls, making them two-piece, but some higher-priced toilets are one-piece, and they are generally more stylish. The benefit of a one piece is that you won't have leaks between the bowl and tank and they tend to be quieter.HOLIDAY INFO:A week's self-catering at the Benalmadena Palace Apartments this summer in a one-bedroom apartment starts from pounds 269 low season to pounds 474pp high season (kids' prices from pounds 89 low season, pounds 249 high. Book through Direct Holidays, 0870 191 9055 or at www.directholidays.co.ukGOLF Take your pick from the dozens of courses, from the not-to- expensive Mijas (around pounds 25 a around) to the empty-your- wallet and bring-lots-of- balls Las Brisas (pounds 50-plus a round).There's nothing better than sitting on a sunny terrace at the end of a bleak British winter and having breakfast in the sun.- For senior citizens
HOLIDAY INFO:A week's self-catering at the Benalmadena Palace Apartments this summer in a one-bedroom apartment starts from pounds 269 low season to pounds 474pp high season (kids' prices from pounds 89 low season, pounds 249 high. Book through Direct Holidays, 0870 191 9055 or at www.directholidays.co.uk
Author: PETER BISHOP
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